Louisville Field Division — 2009 Releases

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Fifty-Five Members and Associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club

October 6, 2009

Charles T. Miller, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Paul J. Vido, Special Agent-in-Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Louisville Field Division, and Michael Rodriguez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI, Pittsburgh Field Division, announced today the unsealing of a 44-count indictment charging a total of 55 members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club (PMC) with numerous violent crimes such as kidnapping, racketeering, robbery, extortion and conspiracy to commit murder. More »

Multi-Kilo Cocaine Trafficker Convicted of Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Firearms Charges

April 24, 2009

On April 22, 2009, A federal jury in Louisville convicted Rickey Calloway, age 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Luciana Meadoweal, age 32, of Hopewell, Virginia, on multiple cocaine trafficking charges, Candace G. Hill, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, and Paul Vido, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Louisville Field Division, jointly announced today. More »

Two New York Men Sentenced for Possessing and Transferring Unregistered Firearms and Using a Firearm in a Crime of Violence

March 27, 2009

Tariq Kabir, age 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 9 years’ and 9 months’ imprisonment, and Abu Naser Khaled, age 21, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment in United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky, for possessing and transferring illegal firearm silencers. More »

Louisville K-9 Teams Work With Security Team in Tampa for Super Bowl

January 30, 2009

Not everyone participating in this year’s Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has fielded its best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIII. More »

University of Kentucky K-9 Teams Work With Security Team in Tampa for Super Bowl

January 30, 2009

Not everyone participating in this year’s Super Bowl is a football player. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has fielded its best players to help prepare for a safe and secure Super Bowl XLIII. More »

Calvin Manis Sentenced to 12 months in Federal Prison for Federal Firearm Violations

January 1, 2009

Calvin Lynn Manis, 62, of Barbourville, Ky was sentenced today to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $15,000.00 for failing to properly maintain firearm records at his place of business by United States District Court Judge Danny C. Reeves. More »